Last week saw the glitziest event of the cycling off-season, the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes route presentations, where we all found out which bits of l’Hexagone would be graced by the men’s or women’s pelotons next summer.
The 111st men’s Tour begins in Florence, Italy, which we already knew, and ends in Nice, France, just over three weeks later, which we already knew too. The absence of Paris will still feel very weird, until the end, and the race organisers will certainly hope that the battle for the maillot jaune will still be alive by the time the riders hit the Côte d'Azur.
